The Dead Witness by Michael Sims
The best Victorian detective stories, now in a scintillating new collection by the acclaimed editor of Dracula's Guest.
A masterful collection of Victorian detective stories.. Sims gives a smart preface to each story and then allows the mysteries to unfurl ... This collection is pure chocolate box indulgence * The Times *
Praise for Dracula's Guest:
'This creepy conoisseur's collection of Victorian vampire stories is PACKED with pointy-toothed blood-suckers and gruesome ghastliness ... Think Christopher Lee in his coffin, red eyes snapping open, dust off your wooden stake and garlic necklace, and blame the 18th century Eastern Europeans whose peasant superstitions spawned the whole gory vampire genre' * Daily Mail *
'Long before vampires were sparkly and romantic, they were actually scary. This collection brings together some of the Victorian era's most chilling bloodsucker fiction' * Entertainment Weekly *
In The Dead Witness, editor Michael Sims collects some excellent well-known and lesser-known examples of Victorian detective fiction ... each is expertly introduced by Michael Sims * Daily Beast *
Praise for Dracula's Guest:
'This creepy conoisseur's collection of Victorian vampire stories is PACKED with pointy-toothed blood-suckers and gruesome ghastliness ... Think Christopher Lee in his coffin, red eyes snapping open, dust off your wooden stake and garlic necklace, and blame the 18th century Eastern Europeans whose peasant superstitions spawned the whole gory vampire genre' * Daily Mail *
'Long before vampires were sparkly and romantic, they were actually scary. This collection brings together some of the Victorian era's most chilling bloodsucker fiction' * Entertainment Weekly *
In The Dead Witness, editor Michael Sims collects some excellent well-known and lesser-known examples of Victorian detective fiction ... each is expertly introduced by Michael Sims * Daily Beast *
Michael Sims is the author of the acclaimed Apollo's Fire: A Day on Earth in Nature and Imagination, Adam's Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form, and editor of the recent Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories and The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime. He lives in western Pennsylvania.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781408822005 |
| ISBN 10 | 1408822008 |
| Title | The Dead Witness |
| Author | Michael Sims |
| Series | The Connoisseur's Collections |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2012-09-27 |
| Number of pages | 608 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |